How To Test Shower Pan
A large bucket towel measuring tape and duct tape.
How to test shower pan. Once the water level gets over the stopper the water just rolls over the plug and into the drain. You can quickly check the test plug by filling the pipe and drain with water up to the height of the kerdi drain integrated bonding flange or kerdi line channel body or a little below. All you ll need is some duct tape a bucket and a tape measure. Are you looking for an easy way on how to slope a shower pan.
Deflection or up and down movement of any kind is detrimental to any pan. Testing your shower pan for leaks. Shower pans are meant to be stable and supportive over the years. Test your shower pan in 8 easy steps.
I decided to begin testing shower pans. Testing your shower pan if you see some water on the floor but you re not sure if your shower pan is leaking you can test the integrity of your shower pan on one of your days off. It is essentially a 2 tall stopper with a hole in the center of it. Dry your shower floor around the drain with your handy dandy.
Make sure the floor around the shower is dry. Using the tub never. The test takes around eight hours so make sure that you have some free time on your hands. The last thing you.
You ll need a large bucket duct tape a tape measure and a flashlight. Make sure you are not planning to go anywhere for a while. A water test is a quality control check performed on any shower installation before setting tile. I will show you in this video a step by step process how to do it.
Place enough duct tape over the drain to prevent drainage. Using a wood float trowel level and a stick of lattice i show. This test will take you all day long.